moulon
Appearance
Antillean Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]moulon
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Occitan molon. related to meulon (“haystack”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moulon m (plural moulons)
- a stack shaped like a haystack
- Bail Gautier, 6 mars 1660
- En cas de… pénurie de sel vieil en nos salins, nous permettons audit fermier de débiter le sel nouveau six semaines après qu’il sera levé et mis en moulon et canelles.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Bail Gautier, 6 mars 1660
- (colloquial, Meridional) a large quantity of something
References
[edit]- “moulon” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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